SuffrageQualifications.dta
Variable      Obs Unique      Mean   Min       Max  Label
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states        141     27  34.32624    14        48  Number of States and Territories
year          141    141      1850  1780      1920  Year
effectiveP~y  141     11  3.078014     0        10  # of states with a property qualification without alternative
perEffecti~y  141     35  15.90342     0  71.42857  % of states with a property qualification without alternative
raceExclus~n  141     28  11.48936     0        39  # of states with race qualification (includes those 'ineligible to naturalize.')
jimCrowExc~n  141     12  4.049092     0        25  % of states with 'neutral' but racially targeted exclusion
perRaceExc~n  141     41   37.6685     0  86.66666  % of states with explicit racial exclusion
raceChange    141      6  .5531915     0        19  Indicator for when one or more states changed racial qualifications
perWhiteSu~y  141     50  41.71759     0  86.66666  % of states with explicit or targeted racial exclusion
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SuffrageVotes.dta
Variable       Obs Unique      Mean    Min       Max  Label
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delegate      5231   4318         .      .         .  Delegate to Const. Conv. or Legislature
chamber       5231     18         .      .         .  The legislative chamber - if only state given then chamber is House
icpsrstate    5231     36  17.29535      1        72  State ICPSR Code
year          5231     27  1845.837   1785      1869  Year
ideal         5097   4878  .0635347  -4.91   3.38287  Ideal Point
party         4476     33         .      .         .  Name of Party
partyCode     5222     18  473.8139      1      9999  Party Code, from Voteview.com
partyGrp      4995      6  2.282482      1         6  Recoded party data to group smaller parties with historical affiliates
district      5231   1301         .      .         .  Legislative District
bsuff1        3663      2  .4403494      0         1  Vote on Black Suffrage: 1 = Pro; 0 = Anti
bsuff2         726      2  .4559229      0         1  Second Vote on Black Suffrage, if held: 1 = Pro; 0 = Anti
perEnslaved   4952    326  2.780405      0  72.97321  % Enslaved
perFPOC       4936   1849  1.764249      0  29.02255  % Free People of Color
perMfg        3532   1418  7.233133      0     60.49  % Employed in Manufacturing
perLibertyFS  3185    767  7.946706      0     58.65  % Liberty/Free Soil
perLib1844    2342    532  3.101483      0     25.44  % Liberty 1844
perFS1848     2364    517   13.4182      0     58.65  % Free Soil 1844
electionMa~n  4748   2044  .2016083      0         1  Two-Party Vote Margin
south         5231      2  .1343911      0         1  Southern State (16 enslavement states in 1860)
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Referenda.dta
Variable       Obs Unique      Mean   Min       Max  Label
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district      3730   2206         .     .         .  TOWNSHIP
year          3730      6  1853.779  1846      1860  Year
icpsrstate    3730      5  16.73727     1        31  ICPSR State Code
suffyes       2547    498  185.6945     0      8590  For Black Suffrage
suffno        2551    680  347.1458     0     29948  Against Black Suffrage
sufftot       2537    869  534.7694     0     35085  Total votes cast in referendum
demElection   3199    790  409.1588     0     62298  Democratic Voters
whigElection  1245    573  458.8594     0     26385  Whig Voters
libElection   1107    133  29.91147     0      1341  Liberty Party Voters
fsElection      50     42    298.32     0      1931  Free Soil Voters
repElection   1954    643  422.6643     0     33290  Republican Party Voters
amerElection   150     52     18.96     0       216  American Party Voters
totElection   3730   1185  739.1252     0     95588  Total votes cast in election
abolElection  1157    158   41.5108     0      1931  Liberty/Free Soil Voters
suffDrop      2379    644  397.8924     0     95588  Did Not Vote
perFS1848      192    184  11.09576     0  55.60035  % Free Soil in 1848
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FPOC1840.dta
Variable    Obs Unique      Mean  Min    Max  Label
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fips       1166   1166         .    .      .  State/County FIPS Code
black1843  1166    442  337.4846    1  23470  Number of Free Persons of Color in County in 1843
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FPOC1840Midatlantic.dta
Variable   Obs Unique      Mean  Min    Max  Label
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fips       126    126         .    .      .  State/County FIPS Code
black1843  126    124  1713.897    5  23470  Number of Free Persons of Color in County in 1843
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MapsVotingData.dta
Variable     Obs Unique      Mean  Min    Max  Label
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fips        1793   1792         .    .      .  State/County FIPS code
icpsrstate  1793     34  37.80759    1     73  ICPSR State Code
county      1793   1170         .    .      .  County Name
liberty      498    301  3.169378    0  39.54  % Votes cast for Liberty Party in 1844
freesoil     568    458  12.46423    0  68.82  % Votes cast for Free Soil Party in 1848
republican   723    667   47.8403    0  98.15  % Votes cast for Republican Party in 1856
bsuff        712     70  37.51183    0    100  Average % of Votes in Favor of Suffrage cast by County Delegates/Legislators
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